Improved gutter in foot-pavements



JOSEPH READ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 83,663, dated November- 3, 1868.

MROVED GUTTER IN FOOT-PAVEIIENTS.

To all whom lit 'mayl concern Be it known that I, J osnrn READ, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Foot-Paveinents; and I do herebyldeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptiolnof the construction of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying brawings, making apart of this speciiicatin, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the said improved pavement, showing the roof-spout drain as covered, and a paveavasher hose attached;

Figure 2, a like view of the pavement, showing the roof-spoot drain as micovered, and a section ofthe pavewasher 'supply-pipe exposed;

Figures 3 and 4,'sectional plan views of the said pavement, showing the arrangement of the supporting iron` sills;

Figure 5, ave'rtical longitudinal section of tig. 1 and Figure 6, the washer detached.

Like letters of reference indicating the same parts when in the diiierent iigures.

My improvement relates to the gutters or drains ,which are usually sunk across the ioot-pavements of ,i ities and towns, `for the purpose of conducting o' the water of the roof-spouts and pave-washer pipes attached to the houses, and has for its object the avoidance, in aperfect manner, ofthe objectionable features of the said `parts of foot-pavements 'as heretofore constructed. The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar :construction and inode of' combination with the pavement, as hereinafter described, of a metallic water-conductor.

Referring to the drawings,

A` Adare the slabs, tiles,'o'r enlarged bricks, forming the surface of the pavement;

B B, the ironsills;

Q, vthe, iron drain;

D, the pave-washer supply-pipe,

E, a detachable pave-washer; and

F, the` gravel ballast. l

The rof-spout drain O consists of two upright ribs,

2c c', a bottom plate, c", and-two side anges, o e, all

" feast or rolled in one piece of iron, (see iig. 5,) so as to form, when laid, a straight continuous trough, of rectangular section, reaching from the building 'v to the curb w, dpen at its upper side, and the iianges c' c' projecting horizontally, for the support ofthe ends oi the `surface'-slabs or bricks adjoining the said drain. This drain C is also provided or iitted with a detachable ironcover, o, having two side i'ianges, which project at right angles downward, so`as to lit in close contact with the inner sides of the ribs c c', and the bottom, c, of the trough or. drain c, whilst its upper surface ,c4 is even with the surface of the pavement when finished. (See fig. 5.)

This icover o4 extends across, from the curb w, to within aboutf six or eight inches of the house-wall c,

and thus leaves an open space at the upper end' of the digain for the entrance of the water from the roof-spout, I aismall plate, e5, having a sunken surface, being iitted'l in the said space for receiving and guiding the spontiivaterinto the drain C. y

/ Along in the drain C there is arranged a pave-washer i i i supply-pipe, D, which, coming through the house-wall 1', extends along, within the drain C, to the curb fw, where it is intended to be made tapering, so thata suitable pave-washer hose canbe readilyy attached or detached, as occasionmay require.

Fig. 6 represents a section of hose connected with a guiding-shoe, d', which iits into the lower end of the drain C, so that it may receive the tapering end of the pipe D.

The bricks ofthe foot-walks of cities and towns are very liable to become uneven and loose, especially along beside the roof-'spout drains across thev pavement, and

lthese exposed gutters are also nuisances, especially when not kept clean. The push-carts of bakers, grocers, and others are daily rolled across' over them, and the adjoining side bricks of the pavement, as well as oi' y the gutter itself, are soon loosened thereby, so that the drainwater runs under them, and, consequently, when the loosened bricks are trodden upon, dirty o1' muddy water is squirted upward and over the pantaloons or skirts of the pedestrians.

It will be seen that mydescribed mode of construct` ing andapplying/the drain C, avoids all these obj ections, because,.)5eing constructed with the side flanges 6" c, the adjoining ends or sides of the bricks are supported thereby in such a solid and din-able manner that the said passing carts cannot loosen or force them downward, and the drain. C being impervious, its water cannot get under either it or the bricks, and, besides, being closely covered by a heavy detachable plate, o, the upper `surface of which is always even or iiush with the upper surface of the pavement, it does not produce any obstruction whatever to the pedestrian, and yet allows a ready removal for cleansing the drain when required. It also affords an excellent meansfor continuing, or conducting and protecting to the curb, the pave-washer pipe, which usually projects through the wall of the adjoining dwelling, and thus avoids another nuisance common in cities.

I am aware that the surface-stones or blocks of street-pavements have before been supported upon iron sills, constructed in their transverse sections as herein described, and therefore I do not desire to claim the said mode for supporting the surface-bricks of footfpavements; and I am also aware that iron troughs, having detachable covering-plates, have been sunk across footpavements so as to produce water-drains having their covering-plates even with the surface of the pavements;

and therefore I `do not desire to claim, broadly, the apy plication of a covered iron drain; but, having fully described my improvement,

What I claim as new therein, of my invention, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is confined to the following, viz:

I claim, in combination with the toot-pavement oi' a city or town, the iron drain C, having the side iianges c' c, and the detachable covering-plate c, constructed and applied, substantially as and for the purposes described.

JOSEPH READ.

Witnesses BENJ. Morrison, Wn. H. Monrsox. 

